TransparencyCamp

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TransparencyCamp is an unconference first held by the Sunlight Foundation in Washington, DC about issues related to open government.

History

The idea for TransparencyCamp, known informally as TCamp, first manifested in 2009 when members of the open government movement saw the opportunity to bring together technologists and government workers to discuss hurdles to implementing transparency policies in practical governance. Approximately 100 people gathered at George Washington University for the two-day event.

The second Camp took place in California in late 2009. Ostensibly called "TransparencyCamp West" and largely ran by Google, it has still been considered the second Camp in the series. In 2010, TCamp came back to DC.

In 2011, the Sunlight Foundation expanded the reach of TransparencyCamp, including open government thinkers and actors from across the United States and over 22 countries, drawing a total of over 250 participants including government workers, software developers, investigative journalists, bloggers, students and open government advocates to share stories, build relationships, and plan together to take on the challenges of building more open government. This TransparencyCamp was sponsored by Microsoft, Google, iStrategyLabs and Adobe Systems.[1]

TransparencyCamp 2012 radically expanded these numbers: With over 400 participants from over 27 countries and more than 26 states, TCamp 2012 managed to attract a more local and international community than ever before. This latest Camp, held April 28 and 29 at George Mason University's Arlington campus, also marked the expansion of the TransparencyCamp concept. Up until this year, TransparencyCamps were being organized internationally though generally with only informal affiliation, if any at all. After 2012, following feedback from participants (some of whom even lead sessions on the subject),[2] TransparencyCamp became an open sourced model for transparency-related events. Materials to support this effort are expected to be published by Fall 2012.

Influence

Although its white-labeling has yet to be made explicit, several unaffiliated "TransparencyCamps" have popped up around the world since the unconference first started in the United States:

  • TransparencyCamp Poland (November, 2010)[3]
  • TransparencyCamp Delhi (June, 2011)[4]

References

  1. ↑ Nicole Aro (2011-05-04). "TransparencyCamp '11 Recap". Sunlight Foundation. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
  2. ↑ "TransparencyCamp Latin America". 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2012-07-18. 
  3. ↑ "About TransparencyCamp Poland | TransparencyCamp Polska". Transparencycamp.pl. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
  4. ↑ "BarCamp / Code For India - Transparency Camp". Barcamp.org. 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 

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